Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Androphobia


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The result was Delete. Black Kite 18:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Androphobia

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This article has been around for ages, but in searching for references for it (as part of general fact-checking) I turned up very little (most of the g-hits seem to be of WP mirrors). See the talk page of the article for a longer comment on sources. Briefly, I searched Pubmed, Pyschinfo and other medical sources and got no references. It turns out this was a term apparently coined in the lesbian/queer community; but it seems to not be widely used in the literature about gender studies either however. It also seems very similar to Misandry, which is a well-used term and has a well-referenced article. In other words, I think this is a very rarely used (and thus probably not so notable) near-neologism that isn't used in the psychiatric literature. Note there is a Wiktionary entry; this could contain the short definition that this article has and have appropriate etymology added. phoebe/ (talk) 07:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fringe definition. No original research and Avoid neologisms would indicate deletion. Not notable. Best for Wiktionary, if at all. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 08:00, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, fails WP:NEO notability criteria. Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:54, 16 March 2008 (UTC).
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.   --  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined  /  C ) 13:48, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've seen the term used in shoujo manga, often enough to be almost a cliche. This makes me wonder whether there is more literature about this in Japanese (regardless of its diagnostic validity). —Quasirandom (talk) 17:00, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Can someone who reads Japanese have a quick look? -- phoebe/ (talk) 18:40, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - term doesn't exist in the scientific/medical community per and therefore is a likely neologism or non-notable slang.  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined  /  C ) 19:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete as non-notable neologism, but I wonder whether this is correctly classified as a "medical" AfD, since the word appears to have been invented by an author writing a sociology book.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I didn't find any evidence that it was coined in a soc book ... see talk page for what I did find. Ref? -- phoebe/ (talk) 23:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment the article has been tagged as having had no sources since July 2006 but there were no edits between April 2006 and August 2006. Perhaps may be an idea to check how long it's been tagged for before manking a final decision. BigHairRef | Talk 19:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.